CPR Tempo app good for
Very good app and the simplicity is fantastic during a code. Just please add an amiodarone button to the next version. This version is great for PEA and asystole, but the log gets confusing for Vtach and Vfib without that button. Thanks, and great work so far. --MD
My son is currently taking the First Aid/CPR/AED course offered by The American Red Cross, partially online and partially in person. He used this app to help him get the speed and rhythm of the chest compressions. The standard USED TO BE 30 in 100 seconds; the standard has been changed to 30 in 100 - 120 seconds. This app gets you 30 in 100 seconds, but you can only get 2 out of the potential 3 stars, in the American Red Cross session for that speed of compressions. Possibly, you could allow the user to set the rate between 100 and 120??
Really love this App. I use it every time we have a cardiac arrest at the fire department. The lay out is crazy simple, setting a default metronome compression rate is great and the secondary ques for rhythm checks and epinephrine are also helpful. All this, coupled with the time stamping feature really enables who ever is running the arrest to have faith in charting accuracy, while freeing up another team member to complete tasks rather than chart in the computer.
I have a couple suggestions.
Cut the "Defibrillator" and "Epinephrine" buttons in half and slightly reduce the size of the heart so you can add a few more buttons: 1. IV/IO 2. Airway 3. Amioderone. Other apps have a litency of features beyond this, but they overcomplicate by taking you away to an additional screen. The fact that I can do everything on one screen in your app is why I continue to refer other Firefighter-Paramedics to this application. That reason, and all reasons already listed.
This app is perfect! You can change the countdowns, so it is possible to add new guidelines.
The only feature I miss is the option for different languages (i.e. german)
Good job!
This is a fine app and I use it frequently for the training in BLS & ACLS that I do. Please add an option in the settings so that users can choose 30:2 CPR or continuos chest compressions with breaths every 10 compressions such as with an advanced airway.
Looking forward to the update!
Im very happy to add this app to my emergency preparedness collection, but I do feel that it is lacking one feature. Specifically, it should alert emergency response personnel when they need to pause the compressions and facilitate breathing. Because its easy to lose count when youre listening to something else direct the compressions (whereas normally, counting is a part of how you time the compressions, so its harder to lose count).
Some bad moments
Nice starting point. The metronome is great. Its cool that it tells you to check the pulse every 2 minutes and helps to keep everyone on track, but Id change the name of the defibrillation button to something else, like CPR. Also its nice that it has the epi button and it counts down until the next epi...Id consider just renaming that to drug, if its too complicated to add other drug buttons. The log is great. It also needs some way to override the sleep set on your phone, so itll be beeping along and just stop because your phone went into sleep mode. Its a nice start and could be a great app with a few tweaks.
I am an instructor for EMT, lay responder CPR/AED and professional CPR/AED and I use this app all the time to teach my students the right speed of compressions they should be doing in two minutes!
Absolutely love this app. Lets you change and save your epi interval to 4 minutes. As an AHA instructor I will recommend this to my students as well.
On the most recent podcast EMRAP spoke about the importance of getting the heart rate right and the outcome of CPR. This app would be great and helps all of us to "take our own pulse” during a code. Too often people do chest compression too fast, sometimes with compression rate up to 150 in many of the codes I have seen. While there are devices that provide feedback of CPR quality, this app would do in the absence of those gadgets.
Could you guys add an every 6 second ventilation tone to let the bagger know when to squeeze!?
The is a nice start for a needed app. I agree with previous reviews, the next versions should include ventilation tones. In the options, add the choices for a tone every 3 to 5 seconds for pediatric rescue breathing with a basic airway adjunct. There should also be an option for a tone every 5 to 6 seconds for adult rescue breathing with a basic airway adjunct and a tone every 6 to 8 seconds for rescue breathing with an advanced airway adjunct.
Another nice feature would be a button for other medications such as amiodarone, sodium bicarbonate, vasopressin, etc.
Keep working on the app. It is close to being the best app for resuscitation healthcare providers.
